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No. 652,2I5.

R C MUNAHAN & C S GOUDING NUMBERING MACHINE.

(Appl canon led Apr 5 1900 (No Model.)

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UNITED 'STATES A PATENT ERICE.

RICHARD C. MCNAHAN, CE EVERETT, AND- CHARLES S. eooDI'NG, or RRCCKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSreNoRS To ROBERT D. EVANS AND JOHN S. LoCHwooD, or BOSTON,v MASSACHUSETTS.

NUMBERlNG-MA'CHINE'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nof 652,215, dated J une 19, 1900.

Application filed April 5, 1900.

To @ZZ whom, iz': may concern.

Be it known that we, RICHARD C. MONA- i HAN, of Everett, in the county of Middlesex, and CHARLES S. GCCDINC, of Brooklinain the county of Norfolk, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Numbering-Ma-l chines, Vof which the following description is`- a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in machines or devices for numbering or lettering or using the two combined; and it con- Sists in a disk supported on a pin held in a suitable frame and provided with a series ofY projecting portions at intervals around the periphery of the disk, with a number or let-f ter on each and a series of holes or notches in its side corresponding in number and in-j tervals with the characters on the periphery,- and a segment or portion of a disk supported upon the same pin and provided with a single projection having a different character from those on the fulldisk and adapted to be placed between any two of the disk projections. The disk and Segment are held together and afeainstv the frame by a spring which encircles the pin and is compressed between the head of the pin and an annular projection at one end of the hole through the segment. The disk and segment are kept from revolving by a projecting Stud on the frame, which enters one or another of the holes in the disk, and the interlocking of the projection on the segment with the projections on the disk. In addition to these another character is provided,which differs from those on the said disk and segment and is carried on the end of a support made adjustable laterally on a projecting portion of the frame and preferably is in a position in line with the characters on the projections upon the disk and segment, thus providing a series of three different characters which may be impressed upon the material simultaneously. The numbering mechanism illustrated in the drawings is especially adapted for use in stamping rubber soles with numbers and letters to indicate their length and width, and it is shown attached to the bar of the upper or movable blank-cutting knife in a machine -bar and knife being in section. front elevation of the numbering mechanism.

iFig. '7a front View of the same part.

Serial No. 11,775. (No model.)

like that described and shown in an application for a patent for improvements in machines for cutting boot and shoe soles,

duc., by Victor Beauregard and Charles S.

Gooding, one of these applicants, the Specification of which was sworn to on the 9th day of March, 1900.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side eleva- Vtion of the numbering mechanism attached to the knife-bar of a sole-cutting machine, the Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the center of the numbering-disk on line @c Qc, Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the portion of the frame which holds the numbering and lettering devices. Fig. 5 is an elevation viewed from the left of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an edge view ofthe segment bearinga single character, and Fig. 8 is an edge viewl of the. support for the additional character and which is made adjustable on the lower projection of the part shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a front view of the same support. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the disk-supporting spindle with the spiral spring upon it, and Fig. l1 an end view of the same spindle.

Referring to the drawings, a is the portion of the frame which supports the several numbering devices, and b the disk having the projecting parts bearing the numbers 1, 2, 3, dac., upon its periphery.

c is the segment having a single projection bearing, for instance, the character 9,-, this projection being adapted to fit between any two of the projections on the disk b.

CZ is the support which carries still another designatingcharacter-forinstance,aletterand this support is held bya dovetail groove CZ', which ts upon the projecting portion a' of the frame a., where it is held in place thereon by the set-screw d2, Fig. 2.

The disk b and segment or Section of a disk c are supported on the frame d by a spindle or screw-bolt e, the short screw end of which enters the frame, While the disk b and segment c rest and are adapted to be turned upon the shank portion e. The disk and segment are held together and in contact with the frame ICQ by means of a spiral spring e2 around the shank ot' the screw-bolt and between its head and an annular shoulder c at the inner end of the hole through the segment c. The projection on the section c fits between any two of the projections 2, 3, dc., on the disk b, as illustrated in Fig. l, and is thus normally held in operative position in relation to the characters on the disk, and by means of a series of holes b at proper intervals around the disk, which fit and may be slipped over a pin a2 on the frame, the disk may be set and held in the position desired for any number on the projections. The change is made from onenumber to another by grasping the projecting knob c2 on the segment c and pulling it outward, thereby relieving the pressure of the spring e2 upon the disk b, which may then be slipped oi the pin a2, turned until the desired character is 'at the lowest position, and then another hole pushed over the pin and the segment c allowed to be pushed back into place by the spring e2, and the disk and segment thus will be again locked in operative position.

The frame a is provided witharectangular slot as in its upper part, which iits over and may slide upon an arm f, where it may be secured, as desired, by a set-screwf. The army" is fastened to a rod f2, which fits closely within a sleeve g. The rod f2 is reduced in size at its upper end suiiciently to admit a spring f3 between it and the sleeve g. This spring is held between the shoulder on the rod f2 and an annular shoulder gs within the upper end of the sleeve g. The rod, with its arm and the numbering devices thereon, is supported by a nut g2, screwed upon the end of the rod f2 above a projection g on the sleeve f, and the whole is supported on the knife-bar K of the cutting-machine by a bracket h, to which the sleeve g is attached.

Referring to Fig. l, the operation will be readily understood. When the knife-bar Kv the characters on the projections of the 'num'- bering devices which occupy the lowest positions, as shown in said Fig. l, will al1 be impressed into the surface of the material, and if the pressure at any time becomes greater than the force then exerted by the spring]0S the rod f2 will move upward in the sleeve g, and thus prevent the liability of cutting the material. The pressure desired is obtained by adjusting the tension of the springfis by means of the nut g2.

We claim- 1. In anumbering-machine, the combination of a rotatable disk, having a series of numbered projections upon its periphery, a section of a disk having a character upon a projection which iits between any two of the projections upon the disk and a spring to hold the said disk and section in contact and in the position in which they have been pre'- viously adjusted.

2. In a numbering machine, a rotatable disk having a series of numbered projections on its periphery, a section of a disk having a numbered projection which fits between any two of the projections on the disk, a spring to hold the disk and section in contact, and an independent support provided with an additional character adapted to be adjusted in the same plane with the characters on the disk and section.

3. In a numbering-machine, a disk provided with a series of numbered projections upon its periphery, a section of a disk having a numbered proj ection which fits between any two of the projections on the disk, a spindle which supports both disk and sec` tion, means which normally hold them together in a iixed position, yet permit them to be separated and turned upon the spindle as desired, without removal therefrom.

RICHARD C. MONAHAN. CHARLES S. GOODING.

Witnesses:

R. HENRY MARSH, SYDNEY E. TAFT. 

